47 occurrences in 10 translations

'Explained' in the Bible

When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father.

Verse ConceptsRunning With NewsRelatives

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPeople Hung To Death

and they place him in ward, for it is not explained what is to be done to him.

Verse ConceptsPrisons

Moses went and explained these things to everyone in Israel.

Verse ConceptsSpeaking The Word God Gives

So Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me and don’t love me! You told my people the riddle, but haven’t explained it to me.”“Look,” he said, “I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

Verse ConceptsCryingPeople Mourning CatastropheThose Who Did Not TellHating Individuals

She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and at last, on the seventh day, he explained it to her, because she had nagged him so much. Then she explained it to her people.

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysGiving InformationDay 7People Mourning Catastrophenagging

The Spirit of the Lord took control of him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed 30 of their men. He stripped them and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. In a rage, Samson returned to his father’s house,

Verse ConceptsThirtyPeople Giving ClothesAngry PeopleNumbers Of Foreigners KilledGifts Of Supernatural Strengthcrusades

Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, “After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence and to stay there permanently.”

Verse ConceptsGodly AncestryLeaving Parents For Spouse

Samuel explained to the people the regulations concerning kingship. He wrote them in a scroll and placed it in the LORD's presence. Then Samuel sent all the people to their own houses.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsBooksBook of the Law

You have explained how you treated me well, in that the LORD delivered me into your hand but you didn't kill me.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsGiven Into One's Hands

“Look,” Absalom explained to Joab, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? I’d be better off if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king. If I am guilty, let him kill me.”

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingOthers SummoningApproval To Kill Oneself

And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her.

Verse ConceptsRiddlesAnswering People

And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her.

Verse ConceptsRiddles

The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

Verse ConceptsLiteracyReading Other Matter

Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, who were Levites, explained the law to the people as they stood in their places.

Verse ConceptsA Fourth Part

And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsScribesWeepingDo Not MournHoly Times

Then all the people began to eat and drink, send portions, and have a great celebration, because they had understood the words that were explained to them.

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingUnderstanding God's Word

He does great things that cannot be explained, and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

which is what wise men have explained, who didn't withhold anything from their ancestors.

Verse ConceptsTelling What People Said

How you have counseled the unwiseand thoroughly explained the path to success!

Verse ConceptsInsight

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

Later the Lord explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

Verse ConceptsIndecencyBarefeetMinistry, Nature OfNakednessAfricaThree Years

"These bones represent the entire house of Israel," the LORD explained to me. "Look how they keep saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We've been completely eliminated!'

Verse ConceptsdrynessDisappointmentsHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismFeelings Of Rejection By GodThe Finality Of DeathBonesDeath Is FinalWithout HopeValley Of Dry Bones

He asked Arioch, the king’s officer, “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

Verse ConceptsHurrying Others OnWhy Do Others Do This?

Daniel explained: "I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalWindFour WindsVisions At NightThe Sea Stirred Up

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”

Verse ConceptsPatrollingMyrtleGod Sending Prophets

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

Verse ConceptsDiscussions

When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingTouching For HealingBowing Before MessiahHow Healing CamePeople Made KnownTelling What People DidWhy People Did Things

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?”

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristHow Disciples LearnRoadsHeart, Affections OfInward FireChrist And The Scripturesgirlfriends

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be explained to you; listen closely and pay attention to what I have to say.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsCrowdsListeningPeter, The ApostleRevival, PersonalElevenPay Attention To People!uncertainty

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBarnabasConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessImportunity, Towards PeopleAcceptance, Of One AnotherBoldness Examples OfSeeing The Risen ChristThe Gospel PreachedSpeaking In Christ's NameThe Apostles In ActionBoldnessdamascus

He explained everything to them and sent them to Joppa.

But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

Verse ConceptsOrderly Accounts

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Report these things to James and the brothers,” he said. Then he departed and went to a different place.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Freeing CaptivesTelling Of God

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtSilenceIndividuals Being SilentOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The Gospel

Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.

Verse ConceptsFirst Among The GentilesOther References To God's Name

He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: "This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah."

Verse ConceptsHeraldPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristChrist Would Rise

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofBoldness, Proclaiming GospelImportunity, Towards PeopleBoldness Examples OfApolloscouples

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul's case to the king to get his opinion, saying, "There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsKingdom Of God, Coming OfMorningDealing With Many PeopleFrom Morning Till EveningChrist And The ScripturesStudying The LawWritten In The Prophets

I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtAthleticsThe Christian RaceHeraldPrivacyPrizesResponseRunningInformation In SecretUseless LabourRaceFutile Faith

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

Verse ConceptsGod Revealing MysteriesConcisenessWriting Letters

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